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Tanzania

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Law enforcement services in Tanzania are provided by the Tanzania Police Force (TPF), which is part of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Led by an Inspector General of Police, five Commissioners head the five departments which make up the force:

Administration and Resource Management;

Operations;

Criminal Investigation;

Dar-es-Salaam Special Police Zone;

Zanzibar police.

TPF mandate:

Maintain law and order;

Protect life and property;

Prevent, detect and investigate crime.

INTERPOL Dar-es-Salaam

Headed by a Commissioner of Police, the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Tanzania is part of the Criminal Investigation Department. It is staffed by 23 TPF police officers Priority crime areas:

Motor vehicle crime;

Drugs and organized crime;

Intellectual property and works of art;

Environmental crime;

Terrorism and piracy;

Stolen and lost travel documents;

Trafficking in human beings and illegal immigration;

Crimes against women and children;

Trafficking in precious stones and metals;

Firearms and explosives;

Counterfeit products, including pharmaceuticals;

Cattle rustling.

INTERPOL Dar-el-Salaam is the exclusive platform for international investigations requiring input from Tanzanian law enforcement partners. The NCB’s principal domestic partners include:

LYON, France – A Kenyan national suspected of leading an international ivory smuggling syndicate has been arrested in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania after he was targeted by an INTERPOL operation focusing on individuals wanted for environmental crimes.
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Feisal Ali was highlighted by INTERPOL’s Operation Infra Terra (International Fugitive Round Up and Arr...

Nairobi, 26 June 2014 – High-level government representatives from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania today, at the first United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), announced their intention to work together, along with INTERPOL and UN agencies, to curb the illegal timber trade that is stripping East Africa of one of its most valuable natural resources.The East...

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius – Reviewing key evidence and information sharing was the focus of a two-day (20 and 21 March) meeting under the umbrella of INTERPOL’s Maritime Security unit as part of it Evidence Exploitation Initiative (EVEXI) project targeting maritime piracy in East Africa.Investigators from all five EVEXI II countries and representatives from t...

NAIROBI, Kenya – With record levels of global ivory seizures in 2013, a new INTERPOL report highlights the need for greater information sharing to enable a more proactive and effective law enforcement response against trafficking syndicates.The report, produced by INTERPOL’s Environmental Security unit, also highlights the need for increased intelligence...

LYON, France – Zanzibar’s Commissioner of Police Hamdan Omari Makame has met with INTERPOL Executive Director of Police Services Jean-Michel Louboutin to discuss international security issues affecting Zanzibar and to seek support from the world police body to enhance security and safety in the region.The meeting at INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquar...

LYON, France – More than 240 kg of elephant ivory and 856 timber logs have been seized and 660 people arrested during an INTERPOL-coordinated operation combating ivory trafficking and illegal logging across Southern and Eastern Africa.As part of INTERPOL’s Project Wisdom and Project Leaf, the operation jointly targeted ivory smuggling and illegal logging,...

ARUSHA, Tanzania – Developing knowledge and expertise in investigating and prosecuting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity was the focus of an INTERPOL training course in Tanzania.The 3rd International Training Course on Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, organized by INTERPOL’s Fugitive Investigative Support (FIS) unit, brough...

KENYA/ZIMBABWE - An operation across Eastern and Southern Africa targeting a range of cross-border crimes has resulted in the rescue of human trafficking victims, the seizure of drugs, guns and stolen vehicles and the recovery of smuggled goods including ivory and diamonds.Codenamed Usalama – which means ‘safety’ – the operation was led by the Eastern Afr...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Enhanced use of INTERPOL’s tools and services to boost member countries’ ability to combat terrorism and maritime piracy across the Horn of Africa and beyond is the focus of an INTERPOL capacity building programme which has opened in Tanzania.The two-week session (20 Feb – 2 Mar) organized by INTERPOL’s Capacity Building and Trai...

A combined international operation across East Africa targeting counterfeit medical products and pharmaceutical crimes has resulted in the seizure of at least 10 tons of counterfeit and illicit medical products and more than 80 arrests of individuals suspected of involvement in the illegal manufacture, trafficking or sale of counterfeit and diverted medic...

More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people arrested in the largest-ever transnational operation targeting wildlife crime across Africa co-ordinated by INTERPOL.Codenamed Operation Costa, the series of actions involved officers from police, national wildlife, customs and national intelligence agencies across six countries...

A combined operation involving Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda targeting counterfeit medical products resulted in 83 police cases being opened and the prosecution of several individuals suspected of being involved in the illicit trafficking of medical products.Police, customs, drugs regulatory authorities and other stakeholders from all three countries, suppor...

The first combined INTERPOL- World Health Organization (WHO) operations targeting counterfeit pharmaceutical products took place between 29 September and 5 October 2008 in Tanzania and Uganda. The operations formed part of the WHO’s International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT).Counterfeit medical products – the problemCounterfeit...

A joint operation between the Tracking Team of the Office of the Prosecutor of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Tanzanian authorities, the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) in Dar es Salaam and INTERPOL’s Fugitive Investigative Service has resulted in the arrest of a former Rwandan minister wanted in connection with the 1994 genocide.Calli...